Some want it on USM’s campus in Portland while others suggest downtown, but the leader of the effort, Eliot Cutler, says the ‘what’ must come before the ‘where.’
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Sugarloaf Competition Center aims to lift competition community in western Maine
Sugarloaf’s Competition Program, the Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club and Carrabassett Valley Academy will use the center collaboratively to foster competition among resort users.
New UMA President James Conneely lays out his first 100 days
Conneely hopes to spend the next several months meeting key people on and off campus to get a feel for the concerns of the faculty, the staff and students.
The pride in helping others succeed
Eric Stark makes a resolution to focus on small actions that will help others – students, colleagues, family, and community – achieve success in 2016.
UMaine Fort Kent names new president
John Short, dean of the University of Wisconsin Fond du Lac, will take office April 1.
Maine legislators hear conflicting views on Common Core tests
The Education Committee weighs testimony on bills that would drop the five-year-old math and English standards and delay statewide testing for a year.
Augusta opiates forum seeks actions to fight epidemic
Skowhegan activist whose son died from overdose urges participants to ‘Keep track of your kids.’
Unity College performing arts center completes green energy project
The project converted inefficient heat and lighting systems and improved insulation in the converted 19th-century farmhouse on Unity campus.
Public hearings to spotlight Maine’s Common Core math and English standards, testing
The public can comment Monday on proposed bills aimed at creating new standards and delaying assessment.
African immigrants to Maine are young, educated and integrating
While there may be a sentiment that Somali immigrants are an economic and cultural burden on Lewiston, data and surveys prove otherwise. Immigrants have faced such unfounded fears before, James Cook writes.